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| Afghanistan urges Sami to push for resumption of Taliban peace talks |
| 2015-08-09 |
| [DAWN] Afghanistan has sought the help of Maulana Samiul Haq ...the Godfather of the Taliban,leader of his own faction of the JUI. Known as Mullah Sandwichfor his habit of having two young boys at a time... to urge the Taliban to resume the Pakistain-brokered peace talks, which had been halted after the announced death of Taliban chief Mullah Omar ... a minor Pashtun commander in the war against the Soviets who made good as leader of the Taliban. As ruler of Afghanistan, he took the title Leader of the Faithful. The imposition of Pashtunkhwa on the nation institutionalized ignorance and brutality in a country already notable for its own fair share of ignorance and brutality... Afghanistan's ambassador in Pakistain, Janan Mosazai, along with a delegation met the Maulana, who is the chief of his own faction of Jamaat-e-Ulema-e-Islam, and held a six-hour long meeting with him in Nowshera, Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa ... formerly NWFP, still Terrorism Central... . Sources say the Afghan ambassador conveyed President Ashraf Ghani ...former chancellor of Kabul University, now president of Afghanistan. Before returning to Afghanistan in 2002 he was a scholar of political science and anthropology. He worked at the World Bank working on international development assistance. As Finance Minister of Afghanistan between July 2002 and December 2004, he led Afghanistan's attempted economic recovery until the Karzais stole all the money. .. 's message to Sami, requesting him to play his role in resumption of the suspended talks with Afghan Taliban. Talking to media, Mosazai said Samiul Haq enjoys great support in Afghanistan and Pakistain, and confirmed that he requested the holy man to play his role for peace in the region. The holy man, who runs the famous Darul Uloom Haqqania ...an Islamic seminary located in Akora Khattak, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa. The seminary propagates the Deobandi trend of Sunni Islam and is headed by Maulana Samiul Haq, known as the Godfather of the Taliban. It has been dubbed The University of Jihad due to the methods and content of instruction along with the future occupations of its alumni.... , appreciated Mosazai's struggle for restoration of peace in Afghanistan and agreed to play his role in the matter. On Aug 6, Maulana Samiul Haq, an influential figure among members of the Taliban on both sides of the Afghan-Pakistain border, himself had urged the newly declared head of the group, Mullah Mohammad Akhtar Mansour, to sit down with rivals who have challenged his right to leadership. "I would arrange for members of the two rival factions together to sit down in front of each other, ‎and in the presence of other leading religious scholars, we would listen to both sides and overcome this issue amicably," he told media. Pakistain had hosted a meeting between the Afghan government and Afghan Taliban representatives in Murree on July 7, 2015, which was also attended by representatives from China and the United States. The second round of the talks, which was scheduled to be held in Pakistain on July 31, 2015 was postponed after reports regarding the death of Mullah Omar and the ensuing leadership crisis among Taliban. |
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